Stovepipe-holder.



Patented Jan. 10, 1911.

' WITNESSES:

Arron/vars SHINGYDN, u, c.

cairn ear STOVEPIPE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 10, 1911.

Application filed June 10, 1910. Serial No. 566,133.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE LEE, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of South Whitley, in the county of Whitley and State ofIndiana, have invented a new and Improved Stovepipe-Holder, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in holders for securingthe end of a stove pipe in proper position in a chimney or flue, so thatthe stove pipe cannot work loose or accidentally slip out.

In my improved construction, I employ two clamping members, which engagewith the opposite sides of the wall of the chimney or fine, and arerelatively movable to permit of their proper adjustment. A singlefastener serves to hold both of the clamping members.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures and in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of a sect-ion of stove pipe secured in place by myimproved holder; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section therethrough with theparts in operative position; Fig. 3 is a section similar to portion ofFig. 2, but showing the parts in the position which they occupy duringthe insertion of the stove pipe; and Figs. 41 and 5 are perspectiveviews of the separate clamping members.

My invention does not in any way relate to the specific construction ofthe stove pipe or the flue wall, but relates solely to the meansemployed for efiectively securing and holding the former within anopening in the latter.

In the specific form illustrated, I employ two clamping members and 11,each formed of a strip of metal extending lengthwise of the stove pipe.One of these clamping members, 10, is disposed adjacent the outersurface of the stove pipe and has an outwardlyextending clamping jaw 12adapted to engage with the outer side of the wall of the chimney or flueon the outer side of a collar 13, to limit the inward movement of thestove pipe into the opening and to constitute a brace for the stovepipe. The other clamping member, 11, is also formed of a strip of metaland is disposed within the stove pipe closely adjacent the clampingmember 10 but separated from the latter by the wall of the stove pipe.The clamping member 11 has an outwardly-extending flange or aw 14:,constituting a hook beyond the end of the stove pipe and adapted toengage with the inner surface of the wall of the chimney or flue. Thetwo jaws 12 and 11 are spaced apart a distance dependent upon thethickness of said flue wall and are relatively movable so as toefiectively clamp said wall. To permit of this adjustment, the wall ofthe pipe itself is provided with a slot 15 extending lengthwise thereof,and the clamping member 10 has a similar slot 16. A clamping screw 17extends through the two slots 15 and 16 and is threaded into an aperture18 in the inner clamping member or slide 11. One clamping member may bemoved relatively to the other by reason of the slot 16, and both maymove relatively to the stove pipe by reason of the slot 15. The clampingscrew 17 extends through the slide 11 to a considerable distance beyondthe inner surface of the latter, and this is particularly important asit facilitates the insertion of the stove pipe and the bringing of theclamping members into proper position after the stove pipe has beeninserted.

In inserting the stove pipe, the screw 17 is loosened until the innerclamping member 11 drops down to the position indicated in Fig. 3. Thefree end of the flange or'j aw 1 1 will no longer project beyond theouter surface of the stove pipe and the latter may be readily insertedthrough an opening in the flue or chimney wall. As soon as the stovepipe is inserted to the required eX- tent, the simple act of tighteningthe screw 17 automatically raises the clamping mem her into engagementwith the inner surface of the stove pipe and brings the jaw or flangelat into such position that it may engage with the inner surface of thewall. The clamping member may then be drawn backwardly by means of thescrew until the jaw 14 engages with the pipe and the clamping member 1.0may be moved in the opposite direction until the wall is engaged uponopposite sides by the two jaws. The screw 17 may then be tightened andthe stove pipe will be effectively held in place so that it cannotaccidentally move inwardly or outwardly.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In combination, a wall having an opening therethrough, a pipeextending into said opening, and means for retaining said pipe inposition, said means including a slide Within the pipe and having anoutwardlyextending flange for engagement with one side of the Wall, asecond slide on the outer surface of the pipe and movable longitudinallythereof and having an outwardly-extending aw for engagement with theopposite side of the wall, the outer of said slides and the adjacentportion of the pipe being provided with registering slots, and a setscrew extending through said slots and having threaded engagement withthe other of said slides for securing them together and facilitating thelongitudinal movement of one of the slides.

2. In combination, a Wall having an opening therethrough, a pipeextending into said opening, and means for retaining said pipe inposition, said means including a slide within the pipe and having anoutwardlyextending flange for engagement with one side of the wall, asecond slide on the outer surface of the pipe and movable longitudinallythereof and having an outwardly-extending aw for engagement with theopposite side of the wall, one of said slides and the adjacent portionof the pipe being pro vided with registering slots, and a set screwextending through said slots and having threaded engagement with theother of said slides for securing them together and facilitating thelongitudinal movement of one of the slides, said set screw being ofsufficient length to permit the inner slide to move inward radially inrespect to the pipe, so as not to project beyond the periphery of thelatter.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE LEE.

\Vitnesses FRANCIS B. Mon, Roy LEE.

